Orange County Courts at Law Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

The filer must confer, or make a reasonable attempt to confer, with all other parties about the motion’s merits.

As required by CCAL Administrative Order 2019-1, and/or TRCP 191.2, I certify that I have conferred, or made a reasonable attempt to confer, with all other parties-which are listed below-about the merits of this motion with the following results:

CRITICAL

Before filing a motion, movant’s counsel must personally make good-faith efforts to contact opposing counsel to hold or schedule a resolving conference and be prepared to outline those efforts to the Court.

Prior to the filing of a motion, counsel for the movant shall personally attempt to contact counsel for the respondent to hold or schedule a conference to resolve the disputed matters. Counsel for movant shall use good faith efforts to contact opposing counsel and be prepared to outline such efforts for the Court.

WARNING

Parties are directed to make all reasonable efforts to resolve pretrial disputes before seeking judicial intervention.

Parties are directed to use all reasonable efforts to attempt to resolve pre-trial disputes to avoid the necessity of judicial intervention.